UK Army Equipment The UK Army (British Army) is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces. As of 2020, the British Army comprises 80,040 regular full-time personnel and 30,020 reserve personnel. Portable Weapons Pistol SIG Sauer P226 Pistol Glock Submachine gun Heckler & Koch MP5Used by Special Operations Forces Shotgun Remington Model 870Used by Special Operations Forces Shotgun Benelli M4Used by Special Operations Forces Assault Riffle SA80 Battle rifle Heckler & Koch HK417Used by Special Operations Forces Sniper rifle Accuracy International AWM Sniper Rifle Accuracy International AW50 Sniper Rifle Barret M82 Sniper rifle Accuracy International Arctic Warfare Light Machine Gun Minimi Machine Gun M240 Machine gun M2 Browning Grenade Launcher Mk 19 Rocket Launcher MBT LAW Rocket Launcher AT4 Rocket Launcher RGW 90 470 Mortar M252 81mm Anti-Tank Missile FGM-148 Javelin92 launchers Anti-air Missile RBS 7030 launchers Combat Vehicles Main battle tank Challenger 2227 Challenger 2To be reduced to 148 upgraded Challenger 3 models by 2030. Armoured fighting vehicle Ajax6 Ajax Armoured Fighting Vehicle Warrior767 Warrior Armoured Fighting Vehicle CVR(T)645 CVR(T)Being replaced by Ajax Tactical Vehicle Foxhound398 Foxhound Tactical Vehicle Bushmaster1,052 Bushmaster Tactical Vehicle Iveco LMV401 Iveco LMV Artillery Rocket System M270 MLRS42 M270B1 Howitzer AS90 Braveheart89 AS90 Braveheart Howitzer L118126 L118 Helicopters AH-64 Apache (attack)48 AH-64D2 AH-64E AW159 Wildcat (utility)34 AW159 AH1 5 UH-1N Twin Huey (utility) 5 AS365 Dauphin II (utility) 26 SA 341 Gazelle (utility) UAV 49 UAV Watchkeeper WK450 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Linkedin